BP gets record fine in Gulf oil spill

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Men position a bouy on board a boat with oil boom barriers from the US Navy that is expected to stop the spread of oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon platform disaster May 1, 2010 at the main port in Gulfport, Mississippi. This boat will deploy the booms around two islands off the coast of Mississippi. US President Barack Obama will head to the Gulf of Mexico on May 2 to assess operations to combat a giant oil spill threatening fragile coastlines, the White House said. AFP PHOTO/Stan Honda (Photo credit should read STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images)